“…A few years ago, some (meta-) heuristics were proposed in the literature to deal with the optimal sizing of analog circuits efficiently, including: tabu search (TS) [19], simulated annealing (SA) [20], genetic algorithms (GA) [21]- [23], particle swarm optimization (PSO) [24], [25] ant colony optimization (ACO) [26]- [29] and artificial bee colony (ABC) [30], [31]. The GA is a popular metaheuristic technique known for its ease of use and ability to handle a wide range of optimization, design and application areas [32].…”